What's the worst announcement you can hear on a train from Sydney to Lithgow when you're on your way to a funeral? I can tell you now from personal experience:…
Loved Bangarra's latest production Illume, now showing at the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House -- after 20 years in the Drama Theatre. Yay! They're finally in their…
Glorious to be in Sydney for the Vivid light show. There's nowhere that's not twinkling and dancing with light at the moment. It's absolutely joyous. #Vivid Sydney #thegovernorhiswifeandhismistress
Honoured to be the guest speaker at the Women's Pioneer Society event this week at the Royal Automobile Club of Australia on Macquarie Street last week. Gorgeous to be in…
Our new cat River isn't quite as helpful as she thinks, sharing my desk. For one thing, she lost chapter 2 of a novel when she stomped on the keyboard…
Thrilled to find out that our former colonial governor Philip Gidley King is off to the US -- even though The American Revolutionary War 250 years ago this year caused…
Did you know that, despite making up half of the population, only 20-25 per cent of all the books in the world are either about women, or written by women?…
Loved attending the Film Critics Circle of Australia's awards night this week - our version of Hollywood's Golden Globes, albeit with a little less glamour! Congratulations to the winners in…
Stayed the night in Terrigal, and then went for a 20km hike (well, it felt like it) up Wamberal Beach and back. Along the way saw some of the $10million+…
A great break from writing books ... Petrolhead fun going quad biking in the Glenworth Valley on the Central Coast with mates. You have a lesson on how to manoeuvre the…
Many congratulations to brilliant Sydney Morning Herald Photographer Dion Georgopoulos whose photo of Paddington boarding house resident John Patmore is a finalist in the prestigious National Photographic Portrait Prize. I…
After saying a very sad farewell to our beautiful cat Pepper earlier this year, we've finally adopted two more rescue cats, twin sisters called River and Ren. Here's River. But…
At Kiama Library, they have a fabulous artwork lent by Australia Post of a special series of stamps issued to commemorate the First Fleet. Each tile has a different scene…
Fabulous to be invited to Kiama by the Friends of the Library to give a talk about The Governor, His Wife and His Mistress. Great fun to share an amazing…
Health retreats are all about deprivation, right? Eating nuts and seeds, doing loads of exercise, and foregoing coffee and wine. But these days .. not so much. One of the…
Had huge fun taking part in a podcast with investment supremo Bushy Martin. We started talking and time just flew by! I loved listening to him but can't stand hearing…
After a heavy schedule of talks about my new novel, I needed a break ... and where better than Elysia Wellness Retreat in the Hunter Valley? I last visited 15 years…
I'm back on the road again, this time to the gorgeous town of Kiama, home to the famous Blowhole that brings in nearly a million tourists a year, keen to…
Loved attending the opening of a new art exhibition of a great friend (and amazing artist), Therese Kenyon, at Marrickville's Upspace Gallery + Studios. There was a beautiful display of…
Look what arrived in the post from my publisher. Wow! Feels like I've made it at last! (Kind of.) Thanks so much Allen & Unwin. It features my latest historical…
